FUERTE OLIMPO

city, northern Paraguay. Lying across the Paraguay River from Brazil, the city dates from 1792 when a fort called Borbn was established on the present site. Fuerte Olimpo, which lies in the thinly populated Chaco Boreal, is the area's principal port and serves as a trade centre. Livestock raising is the principal economic activity in the region; tanneries and tileworks are located in Fuerte Olimpo. The city is accessible by a branch road running north and east from the trans-Chaco highway, but most travel south to Asuncin is by river. Pop. (1972) 3,061.